PERFORMER: NEW ORDER
ALBUM: REPUBLIC
LABEL: QWEST/WARNER
THE BOTTOM LINE: After four years of solo dispersal, New Order regroups for an album of compassionate dance pop.
New Order, the shadowy British syntho-dance band, has always reveled in its contradictions. By melding the nihilistic mettle of punk with microchip magic and a populist disco beat, it has sold millions of records without losing its elitist mystique. Progressive dance-floor hits like 1983's Blue Monday made it possible to be cool while working up a sweat and anticipated the techno- industrial revolution, paving the way for groundbreaking groups such as Happy Mondays and Jesus...
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